AFAR FORUM THEME: "THE ROLE OF THE AFAR IN PEACE BUILDING AND

AFAR FORUM
AFAR FORUM CONFERENCE 2012
Adress: Rue de Cornet 97, Etterbeek
1040, Brussels, Belgium.
THEME: "THE ROLE OF THE AFAR IN
PEACE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT IN
THE HORN OF AFRICA".
PROGRAMME
AFAR FROUM, P.O. Box 2119, Seeheim-Jugengheim, Germany
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e-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.afarforum.com
Day 1: Thursday 30 August, 2012
Moderators: Dr. Kontie Moussa, PhD. Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
Mrs Sharifa Alalawi, Writer and Poet, Saudi Arabia
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:40
09:40 - 09:50
09:50 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
Registration, Tea/Coffee
Welcoming and opening
remarks
Mr. Nouman Moussa,
Chairman of Afar forum
executive committee
Welcome from Afars in
Mr. Gaas Ahmed Nuur,
Belgium
Chairman of the Afar forum
conference organising
committee in Belgium
Mission and vision of Afar
Mr. Amine Moussa,
Forum
Founding member of Afar
Forum, USA
The regional political dynamics Dr. Abdallah Abdo, Political
in the horn of Africa and the
scientist and Founding member
Afar as a bridge for peace and
of Afar Forum, Sweden
development “the nation on
trial”
10:30 - 10:45 Tea/Coffe break
10:45 – 11:15
The vision and the legacy of
Sultan Alimirah Hanfare
11:15 – 11:45
The Afar and the State in
Ethiopia
The social and developmental
challenges of Afar people
Afar Forum Award
11:45 – 12:45
12:45 – 13:00
Mr. Aramis Houmed Soule,
Historian, Fellow Researcher at
French Center for Ethiopian
Studies
Prof. John Markakis,
University of Crete.
His Excellency Sultan Hanfare
Alimirah
13:00 – 14: 00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30
14: 30 – 15:00
Afar contemporary issues
The state of education in
vocational training and future
prospects in Djibouti
Mrs Sharifa Alalawi
Dr Adawa Hassan, Phd of
cultures, society spaces and
history of the horn of Africa
Former Minister of Education
and vocational Training
15:00 – 15:30 Tea/Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00
Appel aux autorités
His Excellency Visir Chehem
traditionnelles pour un nouveau Ahmed
consensus politique à Djibouti
16:00 – 17:00 Panel discussion and questions for the day
17:00 END OF DAY 1
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Day 2: Friday 31, August 2012
Afar political parties
Moderators: Kabir and Umar Hayis
Secretary: Abakari
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:00
L'ARD dans la lutte politique
en république de Djibouti et
ses réflexions sur les
problématiques du peuple afar
Conflit et règlement des
conflits : le cas de Djibouti et
l’expérience du FRUD
La vision du Parti Djiboutien
pour le Développement sur la
consolidation de la paix et du
développement.
Mr. Ahmed Youssouf
Houmed, Président de
l’Alliance Républicaine pour
le Dévelopment (ARD)
Mr. Mohamed Kadamy,
Président de Front pour la
restauration de l’unité et la
démocratie (FRUD)
Mr. Mohamed Daoud Chehem,
Président du Parti Djiboutien
pour le Développement (PDD)
10:00 - 10:15 Tea/Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 – 11:45
Systemic Ethnic cleansing of
the Red Sea Afar under the
rule of Eritrean Regime
The path for democracy, peace
and development in Afar
Regional State in Ethiopia_ the
vision of Afar People’s Party
The vision of Afar Gadile
movement
Mr. Ibrahim Harun, Chairman
of Red Sea Afar Democratic
Organization (RSADO)
Dr Abdallah Abdo Adou,
Secretary General of Afar
People´s Party (APP)
Colonel Mohamed Ahmed,
leader of the Afar Gadile
movement
11:45 - 13:00 Panel discussion and questions session to political parties
AFAR FROUM, P.O. Box 2119, Seeheim-Jugengheim, Germany
Bank Account, AF e.V Commerzbank, Stuttgart, Acct Nr. 5511084, Bank Routing Nr, 60040071
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e-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.afarforum.com
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:15
NAGRA and it vision
Mr Ibrahim Ahmed Yassin
Workshops Moderator : Mr. Mohamed Balua, UK
14:15 – 15:45
Workshop 1
Conflicts related to land policy and, territorial claims and their
long-term impact on development.
Speakers: Mr. Aramis Houmed Soule
Historian. Fellow Researcher at French Center for Ethiopian
Studies
Title: Yasin Mahamoda Gumhed : A Great Afar Nationalist and
a Prolific Scholar with emphasis on poesy
Speaker: Mr Hassan Chehem Ali, Political Science Student,
USA
Title: Lack by Afar in bring America into the fold on Afar
matters
Moderator: Dr Maknun Ashami
Reporter of the workshop: Mr. Mohamed Dawa
14:15 – 15:45
Workshop 2
The contribution and the role of the Afar youth in Diaspora in
being development partners and role models
Moderator: Mr. Ismael Abduorahman, Djibouti
Reporter: Mohamed Houmed Hassan (Charlie)
Speaker: Mr. Oumar Moussa, France
Title: The role of Solar energy in development in Afar region
Speaker: Mr. Mohamed Houmed Hassan (Charlie)
Title : La place de la jeunesse afar dans la perspective et les
défis de la modernité
14 :15 – 15 :45
Workshop 3
The role of Afar Women and their contribution in development.
Moderator: Sharifa Alalawi
Reporter: Aicha Salem
Speaker: Samia Youssouf Ahmed
Title: le combat contre les Mutilations génitales
féminines(MGF) dans la Corne d’Afrique : Tolérance Zéro.
15:45 – 16:15 Tea/Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45 plenary session
16:15 – 16:40
Report from workshop 1
16:40 - 17:05
Report from workshop 2
17:05 – 17:30
Report from workshop 3
17:45 END OF DAY 2
AFAR FROUM, P.O. Box 2119, Seeheim-Jugengheim, Germany
Bank Account, AF e.V Commerzbank, Stuttgart, Acct Nr. 5511084, Bank Routing Nr, 60040071
SWIFT: COBADEFFXXX
IBAN: DE 29600400710551108400
Commerzbank, Stuttgart, Germany
e-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.afarforum.com
Day 3: Saturday 1st, September 2012:
Executive Decisions
Moderator : Mr. Amine Moussa,
Founding member of Afar Forum, USA
9:00 - 11:30
Approval of AF bylaw, membership fee, auditor, Election of
the Afar Forum executives
11:30 - 11:45 Tea/Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00
Afar Forum discussion continues
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and END OF DAY 3
19:00 - 02:00
Cultural evening (Soirée culturelle)
19:00 evening(Soirée culturelle)
Day 4: Sunday 2nd , September 2012
Final day
Moderator: Nouman Moussa
10:00 - 11:30
Resolution
11:30 - 12:30
Closing remarks
His Excellency Sultan
Hanfare AliMirah
AFAR FORUM
CONFERENCE 2012
AFAR FROUM, P.O. Box 2119, Seeheim-Jugengheim, Germany
Bank Account, AF e.V Commerzbank, Stuttgart, Acct Nr. 5511084, Bank Routing Nr, 60040071
SWIFT: COBADEFFXXX
IBAN: DE 29600400710551108400
Commerzbank, Stuttgart, Germany
e-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.afarforum.com